Our forests will grow healthy when we put science, not politics, in the mix

I do not support Rep. Sherrie Sprenger's private land-grab comments (Sept. 5).

One of Oregon's biggest currently burning fires was started by a private land owner. Regardless high fire hazard warnings and "no burn" law, he believed himself above the laws and burned in an open fire pit 24/7 until he started a blaze the public now is paying for.

Yes. your tax dollars pay for private land fires, and the replanting of them. So you might as well continue owning them. As a whole, private land owners, do not respect the ecological needs of the soil or fully functioning biological diversity.

Rep. Sherrie Sprenger also does not have a sound educational science or ecological background, and she, too, disrespects the law of the ecological lands. Hence, why her political agendas contribute to Oregon's growing desertification (dry land degradation) and eco-decline concerns.

There is no poverty as shameful as a poverty from a destroyed ecosystem. As long as we listen to uneducated and unethical political demands on our forests, there will be fires, diseased forests and impoverished communities.

Only when we begin to listen to the ecological needs of the forests and elect science-educated and ethical politicians; will our forests grow healthy and our communities follow.